The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-19
GrnRGIA.

The State Baptist convention will begir
at Albany Thursday
Troup county court will convene at La
Orange next Monday
Pulaski Superior Court convenes on the
third Monday in May.
The laying of the street railway track al
Brunswick is 10 be completed 10y June -.
A sawlniI will shortly he erected al
Naval City by party of Northern gentle
men.
There are at present from fifty TO sixty
telegraph messages received at the Bruins
wick telegraph office a day.
A negro man engaged in working around
Bailey's saw mill near the river at Ameri
Gus had his hand cut completely from the
arm by the saw Thursday.
w A. johnson, the third of the men in
dicted for participation in the Moore lynch
ing, was arrested at Griffin Saturday and
has been taken to Macon and jailed.
The wives of John T. and R. J. Mann, of
Taliaferro county are about to come into
possession of handsome fortunes by the
death Of a relative in New York II is said
that $4,000 will be divided between three
heirs.
A Mitchell county farmer took 20 Al
bany Saturday : wagon load OF fine turkeys.
for which ne received 81 80 for gobblers
and 81 for hens. That beats any other of
his farms product in proportion to cost of
raising and marketing.
Mai. Dunn and Foreman Munday re-
turned TO Brunswick Saturday night from
Macon, where they went for the purpose of
purchasing a hose reel for the Oceauics
They succeeded in getting q good one It
post the Macon fire department s475 six
months ago, and the Oceanics got it for 800.
a petition for a charter has been recorded
before the court of Sumter county, wherein
II is asked that the "Muckalee Manufac-
turing Company of Americas be incorpo-
rated. This is the initial step toward a
100000 cotton factory which number of
The prominent business men Of Americas
propose 10 erect at no distant dav, and
which even now is being pushed with vigor.
At Macon Saturday night about 10 o'clock
old man Washington King, a negro of
whose history very little is known, started
through Nrneville to his home in the SUI
burbs. He was carrying a loaded shot
gun, and Sunday morning his body was
found stiff and cold in death, with ghastly
wound in the neck, which had severed the
jugular vein. The Coroner's jury investi-
gated the case and came to the conclusion
that deceased came to his death from the
effects Of gun-shot wound, the weapon
having been accidentally discharged in his
own hands.
Crawfordville Democrat: In reference r.
how long land will last we can give the fol
lowing reliable statement about some Tai
iaferro land: Mr.. A. ]. Chapman is this year
cultivating spot of ground that his grand.
father rented over eighty-tive years ago
And the grandsire Chapman said he rented
it when he first came TO this country, and
he said that his neighbors told him ther
that it had already been rented for enough
money to cover it over with silver dollars
The same piece of land has been cultivated
regularly ever since, and it has been ma
nured but once in all these years; yet it now
bears good crops of corn or anything els
that may be planted thereon.
Saturday Marshall C. Griffith was plow
ing in his field in Oconee county. with hi
gun resting on the plow stock The ploy
struck rock, causing the stock to boun,
and the gun to discharge. The load entere,
the left arm of Mr. Griffith between tn
shoulder and the elbow, making fearful
wound. Mr.. Griffith was taken to hi
home and medical attention called. 1t wa
at once decided to remove the wounded linn
into which the shot had plowed with crue
liberation. Saturday evening Drs. Elder
Gwinn and CaTithers amputated the arm
the shoulder Mr.. Griffith was doing well
He was one of the strongest men in Ozone
county, and will doubtless survive thi
affection.
A little neysboy put up 'good one' o.
Ordinary A. G. Speer, at Americas, ola,
x4cf two ago. The Judge had often bantere.
V boy to sell him two papers, the Tele
{uph and Constitution for nickel insteal
- ten cents. The little gutter snipe o
s Purse refused, but at once determined +
u up job on his customer in order to ge
YEN, so going into the office one day re
entity and being importuned as usual, h
finally yielded and handed over two paper
that were printed in 1885, both of whicl
the Judge read through with much gust,
before his mistake was pointed out to hin
by friend. He doesn't say much about il
but is lying low for that boy, who nov
gives the court house a wide berth in hi
daily rounds
Mrs. Cue widow living in Banks build
ing at Columbus, nearly died Saturda,
night from accidentally drinking SOM
coffee which contained large quantity o
powdered opium. 1t appears that a bottl
containing this deadly drug was in the house
Mrs. Cues servant wanted the bottle an,
she poured its contents in what she though
was an empty coffee sack. Saturday nigh
Mrs. Cue took the coffee from the sack am
made pot Of coffee, which she proceeded {,
drink. She swallowed two or three larg
mouthfuls of the mixture before she dis
covered that something was wrong. TIL
lady Immediately became deathly sick, an,
DR. /. s. Mitchell was hastily summoned TIL
doctor found her nearly dead, but by vigor
Gus treatment Saturday night about !
O'Clock she was considered out of danger.
At Brunswick on Thursday night Fl. {
Taylor discovered a white man in his hous
and ran him OF. Saturday he saw a suspi
cious looking man lounging near his prem
Uses and he charged him with being tn
man who entered his house the night be
fore. This the man denied and claimed t,
be a plumber, and said he could prove al
abb by W. A. Jeter. Mr.. Taylor too
him 90 Mr.. Jeter, who identifie,
him and said that he was in hi
office at the time Mr.. Taylor claims hi
house was entered. This satisfied Mr.. Tay
Tor, who purchased a 3S-calibre reyolve
which the man had IN his possession for s.
The revolver has since been claimed by of
Ger Forbes, who states that the pistol wa
stolen from him. Mr.. Taylor refuses 10 Civ
Up the revolver unless he is paid for it, am
the man who sold il at last accounts coul,
not be found
The arrangements for the coming drill o
the Southern Cadets and other companie
Of the State at Macon on May # and J.
are being made complete. A banquet vii
be given at the Volunteers srinory, a
which Gov. Gordon and his staff, number
ing thirty-two officers, will be present
together with other military officers o
note. Mail. r. Hanson has been elected mas
Ter of ceremonies al the banquet and has ac